❶ NASA's Europa Clipper satellite faces risk due to transistors' vulnerability to space radiation; ❷ Repair may involve heating the electronics vault to 'bake' the MOSFETs; ❸ Infineon Technologies supplied the affected MOSFETs, which were found to have higher-than-expected failure levels due to a manufacturing change.
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